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Scioscia said he’s under the impression that umpires have the discretion to review any play – even in the first six innings – without charging a team with a challenge, but Davis said they can only do that to review rule 7.13 or boundary calls for home runs.

For now, it’s all a little messy.

“It’s interesting because everybody seems to have a different take,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “Mike was interpreting it one way. Then, listening to the umpires, they seem to be interpreting it another way. It’s going to be a little crazy at first, especially that play at home.”

Managers think the rules say something they don't, umpires think rules don't say what they don't say. Who is right? YOU DECIDE.

The real culprit here is the third base coach. WTF is he doing sending Trout home on a play that will be that close in a Spring Training game? Is he insane? A head first sliding, plate blocking play involving the best player on the planet? Hold on, son. Stop right here.

#5 - I was thinking the same thing. I mean, this particular comment wasn't egregious. And in general, I could see Mattingly wanting to eliminate the appearance of any special treatment for Puig, especially in light of the (deserved) fanfare around Puig's rookie season. You don't want a player to think that he's above any coaching.

But at some point, a manager should keep the bulk of his criticism between himself and the player. If you don't trust him to not make crucial mistakes, you shouldn't put him out there so often. It almost feels like Mattingly is laying out the pitchforks and torches for the media and fans to pick up the moment this kid hits an extended rough patch. It's weird.

Has any manager ever publicly criticized his best player as often as Mattingly has done it to Puig over the past year?

The local media (and the national media for that matter, too) is obsessed with Puig's mistakes. I do think it might be time for Mattingly (and Coletti) to go the route that Ron is suggesting. "We discuss that stuff in the clubhouse" and I think maybe some of the questions will stop.

Managers think the rules say something they don't, umpires think rules don't say what they don't say. Who is right? YOU DECIDE.

Not that difficult. In the first six innings of the game. Replay is only through challenge calls, and homerun (boundary) calls(which are not challengable, but up to the discretion of the crew chief)

At the start of the 7th inning, if a team has a challenge, they have to use that, if they don't have a challenge, they can request a replay and the crew chief can decide to do it or not. (arguably the only good thing about this challenge system is that you aren't automatically without an appeal)

(And watching the game today Cards Vs Mets...and their announcers don't get the rule. Everyone keeps saying you have a challenge before the 6th inning... No... you have a challenge for the entire game, just after the 6th inning, if you had used up your challenge, you can still request a review)